Wheat Production
How much land in Washington is planted to wheat?
The playing surface of a football field is about an acre. About 2.24 million football fields of wheat were harvested in Eastern Washington in 2024, which is the same as in 2023 and down slightly from 2.27 million football fields in 2022.
Wheat Production - 2024
All wheat production was 143.5 million bushels, a 27% increase from 2023 when 113 million bushels were harvested. The average winter wheat yield was 70 bushels an acre. The average spring wheat yield was 43 bushels an acre. Winter wheat was harvested from 1.75 million acres with 490,000 acres of spring wheat production harvested. (source: USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service)